Arts, Crafts, & Technology Micro-manufacturing Centre

艺术、手工艺和技术微型制造中心(ACTMC)将把传统艺术和手工艺与现代制造技术相结合，在加拿大西北部的波弗特三角洲地区创造一个独特的创新机会。波弗特三角洲是一个文化丰富的地区，拥有悠久的本土传统工艺品生产历史。世界各地的艺术收藏家和游客对这些文化产品的需求很高，随着该地区旅游业的增加，这种需求只会越来越大。艺术家们无法跟上这些日益增长的需求，因为目前每件作品都需要投入大量的时间和精力。此外，艺术家们对制作文化物品(材料和设备)所需的高昂成本和作品的低利润率感到沮丧。它将为波弗特三角洲的艺术家提供获得设备和技术的机会，这些设备和技术可以用来以新的、更具成本效益的方式创作文化产品。中心亦会提供培训、辅导、技术支援、研究服务及业务发展资源，以支援区内的工艺美术行业。它将帮助艺术家满足对原汁原味的土著和北方文化产品日益增长的需求，并成为地区工艺美术行业的经济发展工具和创新推动者。

The Arts, Crafts, & Technology Micro-manufacturing Centre (ACTMC) will combine traditional arts and crafts with modern manufacturing technologies to create a unique innovation opportunity in the Beaufort Delta Region of Canadas Western Arctic.The Beaufort Delta is a culturally rich region with a long history of traditional Indigenous arts and crafts production. These cultural products are in high demand by art collectors and tourists from around the world, and this demand is only increasing as tourism increases in the region. Artists are unable to keep pace with these increasing demands due to the high investment of time and effort that each piece currently requires. Also, artists are discouraged by the high costs required to produce cultural items (materials and equipment), and low profit margins on their work.The ACTMC in an initiative led by Aurora College in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, in partnership with territorial and Indigenous governments and organizations. It will provide artists in the Beaufort Delta with access to equipment and technologies that can be used to create cultural products in new and morecost-effective ways. The ACTMC will also provide training, mentorship, technical support, research services, and business development resources to support the arts and crafts sector of the regional economy. It will help artists meet the growing demand for authentic Indigenous and northern cultural products, and also serve as an economic development tool and innovation enabler for the regional arts and crafts industry.